Torrential rains wreaked havoc in Mumbai on Sunday leaving 32 dead and six others injured in five separate incidents of landslides, electrocutions and...
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5th Aug 2021 | Updated at 08:19am 5th Aug 2021
Jakhar questions Sidhu's appointment as Punjab Cong chief
Chandigarh: All is not well within Punjab Congress as former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has expressed his grievance openly, saying the party has forgotten him, indirectly pointing to the incapability of the newly appointed state party...
Mamata meets Sonia to forge united front
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence last week, for the first time since the two parties fought as rivals in the assembly elections, as the Trinamool chief said there will be efforts...
New Karnataka CM to discuss cabinet expansion with BJP high command
Bengaluru: Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in Delhi and is expected to meet the BJP high command to finalise the names of ministers to be inducted into the new Cabinet. He has also dropped hints that the new ministers...
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa submits resignation to governor
BENGALURU: Putting to rest speculation that lasted a fortnight, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in Bengaluru, ending his fourth stint at the helm exactly two years after he...
Babul Supriyo quits politics, says his absence 'won't matter' in BJP
Kolkata: Former Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo, who has recently been dropped from the Union cabinet after his defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election, announced that he will be quitting politics as he needs some time. In a long...
Assam-Mizoram drop FIRs ahead of talks on Aug 5
Squabbling northeastern neighbours Assam and Mizoram made “goodwill gestures” towards each other on Monday, including dropping FIRs filed in connection with the border violence a week ago, as they prepared the ground for an August 5 meeting...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
The needs of 21st century India won't be fulfilled with the ways of the 20th century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, stressing the need for reforms...
The Supreme Court last week sought the Centre's views on whether the British-era sedition provision Section124A in the Indian Penal Code, used to punish...
Union minister for commerce, consumer affairs and food and textiles Piyush Goyal will replace Thaawar Chand Gehlot as the leader of House in Rajya Sabha, signalling the induction of a younger leader for the role usually handled by veterans....
Indian and Chinese foreign ministers agreed to convene an early meeting of military commanders to “seek a mutually acceptable solution” to the outstanding...
Amid the escalating tension within the Punjab Congress and putting days of speculation to rest, former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu was appointed the Punjab...
The Calcutta high court issued a notice to leader of the opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on an election petition filed by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee challenging the Nandigram assembly poll result. Justice Shampa Sarkar admitted...
Kolkata: A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) committee tasked with probing allegations of post-poll violence in West Bengal has recommended a CBI...
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the Punjab government over the power crisis in the state and said industries are suffering huge losses amid the electricity crisis. Badal said, "Punjab is under a huge electricity...
Chandigarh: Police in Haryana have charged over 100 farmers with sedition after they allegedly attacked and damaged the official vehicle of Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa during a protest against members of the state's ruling BJP-Jannayak Janata...
